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A practical treatise on handrailing : showing new and simple methods for finding the pitch of the plank, drawing the moulds, bevelling, jointing-up, and squaring the wreath (1890)

Collings, George · London : Crosby Lockwood and Son · leaf 47

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25 THREE CLASSES OF HAIS^DRAILS. and lay them down on each side of a b and b c. This gives the points M, n, o, p, to which the curves of the mould should be drawn. The annexed Fig. q is a facsimile of Fig. 3, Plate IV., without … the elliptic curve. The line parallel to a c through k is the long diameter. m, n, o, p are the points on c k and A K, to which the ellipses should be drawn, and D E is the joint line. Figs. 3 on Plates IV. and V. belong to this class. The third class is represented on Plate III., and this is the…

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